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This Fifth Edition of Construction Specifications Writing provides a single source of information and guidance to the purpose and process of preparing construction preparations. Updated to include the latest AIA and CSI standards, it serves as a practical planning tool that helps architects and engineers prepare accurate, easy--to--follow specifications. Included are major sections on principles of construction contract documents, coordination of drawings and, specifications, and practical procedures organizing and producing documents.

Table of Contents:
Preface.Authors' Overview and Preview.Specifiers' Comments.Introduction.1. The Role of the Specifications.Documents for Construction.Bidding Documents.Contract Documents.Specifications.2. Relationship between Drawings and Specifications.What Goes Where.The Drawings.The Specifications.Coordinating the Design Process.Terminology.Considerations for Users of Drawings and Specifications.3. Organization of Specifications.History of Specification Organization.Organizing Specifications Divisions and Sections.CSI/CSC Masterformat.Using Masterformat.4. The Project Manual and Specifications Sections.The Project Manual Concept.5. Format for Specifications Sections.Need for Formats for Specifications Sections.Sectionformat.Pageformat.Using Sectionformat.CSI Sectionformat.6. Types of Specifications.Methods for Writing Specifications.7. Specifications Writing Principles.Determining Content for the Specifications.Specifying.8. Bidding Requirements.Three Basic Bidding Documents.9. General Conditions of the Contract.Contractual Relationships.10. Supplementary Conditions of the Contract.Supplementary Conditions.Conclusion and Examples.11. Bonds, Guaranties and Warranties.Bonds.Guaranties and Warranties.12. Division 1. General Requirements.Scope of Division 1.Relationship of Division 1 Sections to other Documents.Writing Division 1 Sections.13. Modifications.Modifications to Bidding and Contract Documents.Addenda.Change Orders.Other Modifications.14. Specifications Language.General Precepts.Applications.15. Specifications Resources.Overview.Construction Specification Resources.16. Products Selection.Product Selection Factors.Mandated Requirements.Design Criteria.Using Performance Characteristics.New Products Considerations.Substitutions and Product Options.Using Product Information Resources.Communicating and Recording of Product Selections.17. Specifications Writing Procedures.Getting Started.Product Selections.Project Information.Specifications Format.Specifying Method.SsSpecifications Detail.Order of Sections to be Produced.Editing and Writing Specification Text.Specifications Checklists.18. Master Guide Specifications.Specification Guides and Intact Masters.Public Agency Master Guide Specifications.Commercial Guide Specifications.Office Master Guide Specifications.19. Computer-Assisted Specifications.Introduction.The First Four Decades of Automation.Transforming the Specification Process.Word Processing Software.Computers and Peripheral Equipment.Word Processing Enhancements for Specifications.Knowledge Based, Computer-Assisted Specifications.20. Preliminary Project Descriptions (PPD).Uniformat.Preliminary Project Description (PPD).Computer-Assisted PPD's.21. Outline and Shortform Specifications.Outline vs. Shortform Specifications.Outline Specifications.Shortform Specifications.Appendix A: Project Manual Checklist.Appendix B: Sample Division 1. General Requirements.Appendix C: Sample Preliminary Project Description (PPD).Appendix D: Sample Outline Specifications.Appendix E: Sample AIA Documents.Appendix F: Sample EJCDC Documents.Index.

About the Author :
HAROLD J. ROSEN, PE, Hon. CSI, CCS, is retired after an illustrious career as a construction specifications writer, including serving as the chief of specifications for the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and as an independent specifications writer. He was awarded the highest honor by the Construction Specifications Institute by being named an Honorary Member in recognition for his many decades of pioneering work on formats and practices for construction specifications writing. JOHN R. REGENER Jr. SAIA, CCS, CCCA, CSI, SCIP, is an architect and independent specifications writer in Irvine, California, with more than thirty-two years of experience in producing and applying construction contract documents for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential projects. Active in CSI education programs and leadership, he is a national leader in Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP).


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  • ISBN-13: 9780471432043
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Principles and Procedures
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0471432040
  • Publisher Date: 25 Nov 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 281 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1021 gr

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